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Iwasherefouryearsago,andIremember,atthetime,thatthetalksweren'tputonline.IthinktheyweregiventoTEDstersinabox,aboxsetofDVDs,whichtheyputontheirshelves,wheretheyarenow.Andactually,ChriscalledmeaweekafterI'dgivenmytalkandhesaid,"We'regoingtostartputtingthemonline.Canweputyoursonline?"AndIsaid,"Sure."Andfouryearslater,asIsaid,it'sbeenseenbyfour...Well,it'sbeendownloadedfourmilliontimes.SoIsupposeyoucouldmultiplythatby20orsomethingtogetthenumberofpeoplewho'veseenit.And,asChrissays,thereisahungerforvideosofme....don'tyoufeel?So,thiswholeeventhasbeenanelaboratebuild-uptomedoinganotheroneforyou,sohereitis.AlGorespokeattheTEDconferenceIspokeatfouryearsagoandtalkedabouttheclimatecrisis.AndIreferencedthatattheendofmylasttalk.SoIwanttopickupfromtherebecauseIonlyhad18minutes,frankly.So,asIwassaying...Yousee,he'sright.Imean,thereisamajorclimatecrisis,obviously,andIthinkifpeopledon'tbelieveit,theyshouldgetoutmore.ButIbelievethere'sasecondclimatecrisis,whichisassevere,whichhasthesameorigins,andthatwehavetodealwithwiththesameurgency.AndImeanbythis--andyoumaysay,bytheway,"Look,I'mgood.Ihaveoneclimatecrisis;Idon'treallyneedthesecondone."Butthisisacrisisof,notnaturalresources--thoughIbelievethat'strue--butacrisisofhumanresources.Ibelievefundamentally,asmanyspeakershavesaidduringthepastfewdays,thatwemakeverypooruseofourtalents.Verymanypeoplegothroughtheirwholeliveshavingnorealsenseofwhattheirtalentsmaybe,oriftheyhaveanytospeakof.Imeetallkindsofpeoplewhodon'tthinkthey'rereallygoodatanything.Actually,Ikindofdividetheworldintotwogroupsnow.JeremyBentham,thegreatutilitarianphilosopher,oncespikedthisargument.Hesaid,"Therearetwotypesofpeopleinthisworld:thosewhodividetheworldintotwotypesandthosewhodonot."Well,Ido.Imeetallkindsofpeoplewhodon'tenjoywhattheydo.Theysimplygothroughtheirlivesgettingonwithit.Theygetnogreatpleasurefromwhattheydo.Theyendureitratherthanenjoyitandwaitfortheweekend.ButIalsomeetpeoplewholovewhattheydoandcouldn'timaginedoinganythingelse.Ifyousaidtothem,"Don'tdothisanymore,"t